Lineage Key Catalog

The Parke Society's Lineage Key Catalog

Introduction

Starting with Vol. 45, No. 1 of the Newsletter, we’ve been publishing the Society’s 300+ Lineage Key Catalog, including data as to the founder and other details for the general information of Society members. As more of the catalog appears in the Newsletter, this page will reflect the most recent updates. For a detailed explanation of how the Lineage Key system works, see About the Lineage Key System.

As most Society members know, we keep track of the various Park/e/s lines by assigning them individual lineage keys. A lineage key consists of one or two letters like A, JJ, or RX. When new members join the Society, we try to see if their Park/e/s ancestry matches any existing lineage key. If not, we create a new key. Some lineage keys represent immigrant lines, but often they represent fragment lines: for example, Park/e/s who suddenly appear in Ashton, Ohio, with no reference to where they came from or to whom they are related.

In the course of our work, either through identification of matching individuals, or via DNA evidence, we might discover that a fragment line is actually part of another line, either fragment or immigrant. When that happens, with positive identification, the one line is merged or consolidated into the larger or earlier line, and all group sheets and related materials are relabeled with the new lineage key. Line mergers are indicated in the narrative.

Not all lines have Society members in them, and not all members are active in the Society. The word “represented” following the lineage key in the description indicates that a current member belongs to that line. Where children are listed, if the name is in boldface, then we have descendants from that child; otherwise, we know nothing further. The word “DNA” appears after the lineage key if the line has had DNA testing.

To date, only single-letter keys A-Z are represented on this page. Further Lineage Keys have appeared in the Parke Society Newsletter, with more to come. Eventually, all Lineage Keys will be fully represented on this website.

LK

Lineage

A

William Parke (but line is named for son Arthur). This lineage actually begins with a William Parke b. abt. 1656 in Ulster Prov., Ireland. Recently, there has been some question as to whether this William is the father or grandfather – that perhaps the father was John. (Parke Society Library books.) There may be a connection with lineage Keys JJ, JP, and XW.Five children:

William (ca. 1675 Ireland – ?) married Jane Hood (their children came to Chester Co, PA.

Andrew Park (ca. 1720 – ??) married ?? supposedly of County Donegal, Ireland. Perhaps five children (we have vital statistice only for Robert):Robert (ca. 1740 – ??) married ca. 1762 Nancy Aiken. Eight children, for one of which we have issue. We have group sheets for 4 of his children. Possible connection with Lineage Key FU, based on conjectural evidence. Margaret married Patrick Campbell. Supposedly had two sons, surnamed Campbell, also Mary Parks; Nancy Parks; and maybe also a Matthew Parks. This is one of the lines that has been transcribed from earlier compilations, in this case the volume known as Notable Southern Families by Zella Armstrong. This material needs to be used with care. We have no representatives of this line, and obviously no DNA tests.

Margaret married Patrick Campbell, supposedly had two sons, surnamed Campbell.

Mary Parks.

Nancy Parks.

Matthew Parks (possible).

Source material: Notable Southern Families Vol. 6 page 87-88.

C

Thomas Parkes of Virginia [moniker: Thomas (VA, 1728)] Resident in Virginia by 1728 for sure, perhaps earlier. Born ca. 1670, died in Albermarle Co., VA (based on will probate). This large lineage has an excellent Lineage Leader, many representatives, and several DNA tests. The Society does not believe that Thomas is an immigrant ancestor, but attempts to discover the actual immigrant ancestor have been without success.Eight children:

Samuel Parks (1730 – 1796) “From Scotland to Ireland to Charleston, SC, and finally to Amelia Co, VA.” Article in Newsletter Vol. XIX #3, pg. 36. Eight children, all born supposedly in Amelia Co., VA. Samuel died in Amelia Co., VA. Children either went to SC, NC, or GA. of which one “went west.” This is an Immigrant Line.The following is what we know of the children:

Thomas (ca. 1750 VA – 1831 SC) married three times; twelve children.

James (ca. 1753 VA – 1835 MO) married twice, at least four known children, perhaps more.

Other children were John (ca. 1754) married Patsy Church; William (ca. 1751); Mary (ca. 1758) married three times: Stafford, Lawrence and Ballard; Nancy (ca. 1760) married a Kirby; Priscilla (ca. 1762) married a Harwell; and Amelia (ca. 1764) married a Jennings.

Samuel Park (1730 Ireland – 1794) immigrant on or before 1757 from Ireland to Donegal, Lancaster Co., PA, and in 1777 to Washington Co., PA). He married Margaret Marshall, c. 1757. This is an immigrant line.Five known children.

John (1758 PA – 1832) married ca. 1782. Sarah McDowell, ten children.

James (1760 PA – 1811) married Isabella Craighead, two children known.

Source Materials:A Short account of Owen Biddle, H. D. Biddle, (1892). Genealogical Notes on Lloyd, Pemberton, Hutchinson, Hudson, and Parke, James P. Parke, and Townsend Ward, (1899). Thomas Parke and Rebecca Hooper of Chester Co., PA, Ernestine Moss, (1982). (This last volume is in the Parke Society Library.) Also an entry in the American Compendium of Genealogy, Frederick Adams Virkus, (1942), Vol. VII:616 concerning the first child. Further information obtained from member's Lineage Applications and Correspondence (see files). We have some records for the issue of those marked with an *, but in most cases the information is limited.
Represented: PS# 886, 1227, 1529, 517D, 1145R, 1057D)

G

James Park(s) (1724 – 1769 VA). Immigrated from Northern Ireland to Prince Edward Co., VA before 1756. He married probably before 1756, Mary Fulton. All six known children, born in Virginia. This is an Immigrant Line.

Represented: PS#148R, 444R, 567R, 899R, and 977R (none are currently active, some may be diseased)

I

Known as the Mungo Park line in honor of the Scotch Explorer of Africa, born 1771, it traces back to an Archibald Park in Scotland (1682 – 1768). The immigrant ancestor is David Park (1833 England – 1913 probably Ontario, Canada) who married in 1854, Julia Ann
Gardiner in England. David (1I1) Park (engineer) came to Chatham, ONT in 1866. This is an immigrant line.Ten children, six of whom were born in England, the remaining four in Ontario or Muskegon, MI. We have issue only for one.

David Gardiner Park (1855 England – 1892 Ontario) married Jane Robertson, three children

Represented; DNA. PS#1331LL, #535 Past LL, and many members, some of which are still active.
Source Materials: Roger Parke, Immigrant: England – West Jersey 1682 (Descendants and Related Lines), Cecilia Kasberg Parke (2000) [This is the main research of Cecilia from years of research.] Also various references are made to this Park/e/s family in early records of west and then New Jersey. Finally, further information obtained from members' Lineage and Applications and Correspondence (see files).
The following lineage keys have been merged into Lineage Key K: FX, M, N, Q, ZV, MV, MX, QX, NX, DY, DS, IV, MS, and PV.

L

Roger Parke of Rye, NY (ca. 1638 – ca. 1690). Many questions concerning this particular line. DNA is needed to sort out this line, but so far no suitable male heir has been found to accomplish this. This Roger supposedly married twice, secondly to a Sophia Jans Claes. Three children are listed but it is clear that there are erroneous claims here. While the generation 01L1, has many doubts (see Note, below), things start to get clearer once we get to the third generation:

Represented: PS#339D, 528D, 684R, 1291R [none currently active, some may be diseased])
Note: The main source is an article in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. XLIX, 1918, pgs 295-2976, 382-383. Reference is also made to this Roger in FS Parks, Vol. III, p. 73, and in Families of Rye, pp. 431ff. It was substantially confused by the Becker work, The Parke Family, (1979) which made unwarranted assumptions. Currently there is no active member in this line, and no male Park/e/s heir known from which we might work on DNA testing. And of course there is further information obtained from members' Lineage Application and Correspondence (see files).
Source Materials (some of which have added to the confusion surrounding this lineage key): Park Records, Volume 3, Frank Sylvester Parks, (1925) pages 73-79, regarding the NY line; The Parke Family, Dorothy Becker, PS#368, (1979), regarding the NJ line most of which can now be identified with the Lineage Key "K"; Families of Rye, pages 431-433, concerning the NY line; NY Genealogical and Biological Record, Volume XLIX, 1918, "Genealogical Gleanings from Land and Probate Records at White Plains and Rye, NY" pgs. 295-297, 382-383; and many other works (see Lineage Binder).

M

Noah Parke (01M1) of Rowan Co., NC, has been merged into LK= K to become Noah (04K6).

N

Nathan Parke (01N1) of NJ, has been merged into LK= K to become Nathan (03K29).

John E. Parke (1807 – ???) m. Jane Hannen. Many children, of which only one is named.

Source Material: This entry was written up based up an entry from the National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 35: P. 393, concerning the ancestry of one Harry Wiswall Parke of Toledo, OH, merchant and public servant. Information found on Group sheets for birth cannot be correct if he is supposed to have come to this country in 1760. Little is known of this line. There is no representatives of this line in The Society, and no DNA tests.

P

Peter Parke of CT (b.1726, perhaps Scotland – ??). He married 1748 Lucy McDowell at Stonington, CT. Perhaps immigrated from Scotland, though there is no proof of this as yet. Resided in CT in 1738. Ten children, but issue is documented for only two of them. All the children were born in Stonington, CT. This line is frequently referred to as Chart 17. This supposedly is an immigrant line but yet to be fully proved.

Richard (2R1) (ca. 1628 – ca. 1711) m. Mary (Unknown), two children known. There is some debate as to the existance of this Richard: F.S. Parks deals with this in his Massachusettes volume on this line. Descendants of this line have a Lineage Key of R1 in the membership database.

Thomas (2R2) (1628. England – 1690, MA) m. Abigail Dix, nine children.
Descendants of this line have a Lineage Key of R2 in the membership database.

Elizabeth (ca. 1631, England – 1690, MA) m. Edward Winship; seven children. Descendants of this line have a Lineage Key of R4 in the membership database.

Note: There is sometimes a reference made to a Sarah Parke born of the marriage of Richard and Sarah (Collier) Brewster, widow of Love Brewster. We believe that this is a mis-identification with the Sarah Parke (3R7) daughter of Thomas (2R2) and Abigail Dix. There has been much confusion over this Richard, due to an assumption made in the Parke Scrapbooks
by Ruby Parke Anderson, that this Richard was a son of Robert Parke who came in 1630 aboard the Winthrop Fleet. While it is true that Robert did have a son named Richard, there is no evidence that he actually came to this country. Furthermore there is a tremendous amount of ancedotal evidence that there was no relationship between this Richard and that Robert. There are no intermarriages until over a century later; there is no witnessing of one another's deeds, covenants or other legal documents at any time. The name Robert does not appear in this line until much later, nor does the name Richard appear in any of the Robert lines either. There was no known social intercourse between the two families. Finally, there was considerable distance in terms of social status between Robert and his family, styled a "gentlemen," and Richard who was a miller by trade. This is an example of how incorrect data continues to be perpetuated throughout the years. There has also been debate concerning the existence of the Richard (2R1), but that is generally accepted now, although more definitive proof would be welcome. Finally the surname of Richard's (1R1) wife Margery as being "Crane" has been floated much, but there still is no good proof of this fact.
Represented; DNA. PS#1086, Natalie Schultz, Lineage Leader, and many members, some of whom are still active.

Samuel (3S1) (before 1672, CT – before 1700) m. Elizebeth Eddy in 1695; 4 children. Any descendants of this line have a Lineage Key of S1 in the membership database.

Martha (3S2) (1674, CT – ???) nothing further known.

Robert (3S3) (1674,CT – 1752, CT) m. Tamsen (Packer) Bromley; 8 children. Descendants of this line have a Lineage Key of S3 in the membership database.

William (3S4) (1678,CT – 1750, CT) m. Jane Borden/Bordwyn; 12 children. Descendants of this line have a Lineage Key of S4 in the membership database.

Thomas (3S5) (1680, CT – 1768, CT) m. to (unknown); 5 children. Descendants of this line have a Lineage Key of S5 in the membership database.

Elizabeth (3S7) (1670,CT – 1751, CT) m. John Bennet; 8 children. Descendants of this line have a Lineage Key of S7 in the membership database.

This line has a Lineage Leader. Line is well documented, numerous descendants.
Represented; DNA. PS#912 Lineage Leader, and many members, some of which are still active.
Source materials: Principally, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut, Frank Sylvester Parks, (1906), Lineage Research by Robert Leon Parke, PS#755, and the further information obtained from members' Lineage Applications and Correspondence (see files). Seven children known: (also sometimes designated as being on Chart 16.

2T1

The Thomas (2T1) branch of the Robert Parke (MA, 1630) line. [Moniker: Robert (MA, 1630, STW)] Thomas Parke (1615 England – 1709 CT) m. Dorothy Thompson, daughter of John Thompson and Alice Freeman. Alice is considered a Gateway Ancestor, which gives any descendant immediate claim to a number of heritage societies. Apparently came with his father, Robert, in 1630 to the colonies. There is no DNA for all lines of decent from Robert – Thomas. This is an Immigrant Line.Nine children.

Martha (3T1) (1646, CT – 1717, CT) m. Isaac Wheeler, 10 children.
Descendants of this ancestor are either marked as Chart 3 or as T1 in the membership database.

Thomas (3T2) (1648, CT – 1698, CT) m. Mary Allyn, 7 children. Descendants of this ancestor are either marked as Charts 4, 5, 6, or 7, or as T2 in the membership database.

Nathaniel (3T4) (1650, CT – 1718, CT) m. Sarah Geer, 9 children. Descendants of this ancestor are either marked as Charts 12, or 13 or as T4 in the membership database.

Dorothy (3T5) (1652, CT – 1704, CT) m. Joseph Morgan, 9 children surnamed Morgan. Descendants of this ancestor are either marked as Chart 3 or as T5 in the membership database.

William (3T6) (1654, CT – 1727, CT) m. (1) in 1684, Hannah Frink, 9 Children; m. (2) in 1797, Hannah Plimpton, no issue; m. (3) in 1716, Mary (Unknown), no issue. Descendants of this ancestor are either marked as Chart 14 or as T6 in the membership database.

John (3T7) (1656, CT – 1716, CT) m. Mary Witter, 2 children known. Descendants of this ancestor are either marked as Chart 15 or as T7 in the membership database.

Alice (3T8) (1658, CT – 1729, CT) m. Greenfield Larribee, 8 children surnamed Larribee. Descendants of this ancestor are either marked as Chart 3 or as T8 in the membership database.

Richard (3T9) (ca. 1664, CT – before 1707) nothing further known.

There are multiple Lineage Leaders for this line. Line is well documented, numerous descendants.
Represented; DNA. PS#755 LL, 1185 LL, 182 LL.
Source Materials: Principally, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut, Frank Sylvester Parks, (1906), Lineage Research by Robert Leon Parke, PS#755, and the further information obtained from member's Lineage Applications and Correspondence (see files).

U

Robert Parks (ca. 1751 – 1802 GA). He married a Mary Jordan (of Fuller). His origin uncertain; he purchased land in Jackson Co, GA prior to 1794.Eight children:

Represented: PS#90R, 550R, 807R, 978R, and 1197D [no active members in this line].

V

William Parke (ca. 1575 – ca. 1633/4) of VA (commonly referred to as the Park/Custis line). He married Sarah (Unknown), date unknown. He came to Williamsburg, VA, ca. 1633, aboard The Blessing. Two children known only. There is a probable interrelationship between Robert (MA 1630) and William (Park/Custis line) and William Parke to New Kent, VA ca. 1650.

William (???, England – 1663, VA) Nothing further known

Daniel (1628, England – 1679, VA) married first (unknown) Fielding (?); married secondly Rebecca (Evelyn) Knipe, and had 2 children by first marriage, 4 children by second marriage, perhaps more.

Note: There is a tie in to George Washington, first President of the United States as follows. He married Martha (Dandridge) Custis, as her second husband. She was the widow of Daniel Parke Custis, who was the son of John Custis who married Frances Parke, daughter of Col. Daniel Parke, (Daniel, William). Martha Dandridge had four children by Daniel Parke Custis, and they were raised in the household of George Washington. Through her son John Parke Custis there is a line to Robert E. Lee of Civil War fame. This line is not as well documented as one would have liked, with many blanks yet to be filled in. Further research is being done by PS#1498, Randall Lee Dickenson.
Represented: PS#1409R.
Source Materiqals: Virginia Families of Flournoy, Poindexter and Parke, Parke Poindexter Flournoy (1933); information found through lineage correspondence.

2W1

The William branch of the Robert Parke (MA, 1630) line [Moniker: Robert (MA, 1630, STW]. William (1607 England – 1685 MA) m. Martha Holgrave in 1636. Came to Boston, MA in 1631 aboard the Lyon. All male heirs died relatively young, so that that Park/e/s name died out in this branch by the third generation. Collectively, William'a sescendants are on Chart 2. This is an Immigrant Line.Ten Children:

Represented: PS#226, 389, 1004, are the only active members in this line. There is no Lineage Leader.
Source Materials: Principally, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut, Frank Sylvester Parks, (1906), Lineage Research by Robert Leon Parke, PS#755, and the further information obtained from members' Lineage Applications and Correspondence (see files).

X

William (2X1) (ca. 1760 – ca. 1825) married 1787 (1) Synah Perry and in 1816 m. (2) Polly Barrow. Came to Granville Co., NC in 1787 and thence to Adair Co., KY by 1806. (Parke Society Lib. book.)Six Children, of which we have descendants for five.

The other children were Phoebe (1781) married Joseph Darrah, Polly (1784) married John Devine, Margaret (1787), Andrew (1792) married Sarah Humes, Joseph (1795) married Mary Darrah, Sidaina (1805 – died young), and Nancy (1808) married Aaron Foster.